The hearthstone; or, Life at home

A codicil to the fifth commandment — Martyrs among children — The cruelty of injustice— The memory of a wrong— The child-life of the Saviour — What a theme — His commandment to children — Reaping what is sown — An obnoxious vice — The saddest of retrospects — Ignorance of the laws of life — Unfortunate heritages — The sins of the fathers — Rights of children — Early and heedless marriages — Young and over-burdened mothers — Commonplace people — What every child is entitled to — A celebrated divine's singular conclusion — Motherhood unrespected — The inhumanity of man — An unhappy and discordant man — Why he was such — The crime of infanticide — The sins of ignorance — A prophecy regarding the nation 357 DEATH IN THE HOME. Jeremy Taylor's views of death — A tranquil sleep — The selfishness of the living — Old heathens an example to Christians — Death in the Home — Rigid English ceremonies — Gloomy views of death — Inconsistencies of Christians — Lord Byron's saying — The dead near us — A victory over human weakness — To meet again — Such a hope rational — Human affections more than animal weaknesses — Outward observances of death — Anniversaries of deaths — Pessimists and moral dyspeptics — " May-be's of the hereafter " — The home minaret touching the blue sky — " Until * mamma ' comes home " 365 A noble ambition — To own a home — The great question — A home in fact — Locality and drainage — Country and suburban homes — Sydney Smith on Salisbury Plain — " Four miles from a lemon " — Mistakes of builders — Inconvenient localities — Antagonistic possibilities — External and internal arrangements — Where " every prospect pleases" — Why St. Simon Stylites lived on a pillar — Errors in house-building — A vast deal of discomfort — Innumerable doors — A feeling they produce — Staircases and pantries — A question of knobs and hinges — A woman's knowledge of closets — Storage-room with pegs and shelves — Life-saving problems — Fire-proof houses — Heating facilities — Health before ornament — Designs for house architecture — Interior arrangements of homes 370 THE KITCHEN IN THE HOME. What it should be — Brillat-Savarin — The kitchen in old Roman houses — How some ■ housekeepers neglect kitchens — The centre warmth of home — American stomachs — How business men eat — Druggists in demand — The diet of some men and woman — Ills the doctor cannot remedy — The art required to cook — Alfred the CONTENTS. Xlx Great and the cakes — Attention and consciousness of attention required to cook — Leaden bread — The Englishman in China — The disguising power of gravy and sauces — The rule of the Athenian philosopher — Socrates' preferences — King George the Third and apple dumplings — The beggar and George the Fourth — The wedding breakfast of Charles the Sixth — The diet of Friar Tuck and the " gentle hermit of the dale " — The foods of different countries — Sir John Franklin and the Esquimau lad — The simplest of all food — The frying pan and other cooking utensils — Talleyrand and the fat Bishop — The American kitchen — German and English cookery — The best teacher to have in the kitchen 395 Soups — Fish — Oysters — Meats — Poultry and Game — Sauces and Gravies — Vegetables -—Eggs, Omelets, etc. — Salads — Pies — Puddings — Creams, Jellies, Custards, etc. — Preserves, Canned Fruits, etc. — Pickles and Catsups — Breads and Breakfast Cakes — Cakes and Icings — Coffees, Teas and Beverages — Butter, Milk, Cheese, etc .- 403